ARARAT Rural City Council has partnered with a local school to support and provide applied learning opportunities for senior secondary students as part of their VCAL studies.<\/p>\n
The council-run program will support three Year 11 students from Marian college by covering the cost of their AUSTSWIM course and provide mentoring sessions led by Ararat Fitness Centre aquatics co-ordinator Judy Young.<\/p>\n
Council CEO Tim Harrison said council\u2019s mentorship program will help guide the next generation of Ararat swimming teachers to attain a nationally recognised swimming and water safety course, AUSTSWIM.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe breath of \u2018hands-on\u2019 education on offer to VCAL students means there\u2019s a range of directions and skills students can pursue beyond school,\u201d Dr Harrison said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis arrangement between Ararat Fitness Centre and Marian College provides students with access to and the relevant learning environment and mentorship needed for them to attain their AUSTSWIM certification.<\/p>\n
\u201cCouncil is excited to welcome our newest AUSTSWIM students who wish to get teaching experience in Ararat Fitness Centre\u2019s swimming program.<\/p>\n
\u201cEducating the next generation, who are passionate about teaching water safety, ensures Ararat Fitness Centre will have a healthy pool of swimming instructors to meet Ararat\u2019s high demand and continue teaching crucial water safety skills to our community,\u201d Dr Harrison said.<\/p>\n
Students will partake in a minimum of 10 hours of face-to-face mentoring with Ararat Fitness Centre staff to complement their AUSTSWIM course, where a breath of topics from devising lesson plans to developing their skills in the water will be covered.<\/p>\n
\u201cSupporting local students so they have the knowledge and access to skills-based programs like this one is something Council is proud to deliver,\u201d Dr Harrison said.<\/p>\n
Trainee swim instructor Natasha Chandler is among a group of three Marian College students being mentored by Council\u2019s aquatics co-ordinator Judy Young.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe program is really exciting, fun and overall, something different that brightens up my week,\u201d Ms Chandler said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve learnt that teaching kids is a lot harder than I initially thought, but there is a lot of enjoyment in it. I also find that the kids are also teaching me things as well.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m motivated by all the great opportunities that come with the program and the experience and success behind it too,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ARARAT Rural City Council has partnered with a local school to support and provide applied learning opportunities for senior secondary students as part of their VCAL studies.<\/p>\n
The council-run program will support three Year 11 students from Marian college by covering the cost of their AUSTSWIM course and provide mentoring sessions led by Ararat Fitness Centre aquatics co-ordinator Judy Young.<\/p>\n
Council CEO Tim Harrison said council\u2019s mentorship program will help guide the next generation of Ararat swimming teachers to attain a nationally recognised swimming and water safety course, AUSTSWIM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1343,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[31],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Natasha-Chandler-Bella-Bartlett-edited.jpg?fit=768%2C1024&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdqUu4-lT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1357"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1357\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1357"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1357"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}